2T Reads

-We does say it here in Trinidad that 'we is we'-Demas That quote speaks to the held belief that we are all one, that even though we are ...

-You don't have to take my voice, I tell my grandmother. Just teach me how to use it.- Tavia 🕵🏿‍♀️ In Morrow's take on mythical women, ...

-yes, blood is thick, but water is life- from "Father" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 When I started reading these poems, I w...

Reading these poems make me feel as if I am sitting at the feet of our great storyteller, our griot, who maps our history, our stories, i...

-Brace yourself for whirlwinds coiled at my heart- Gastropoda. Reading Olive Senior's poems(or novels), one cannot help but to be in awe ...

-Some will say that a river that changes course is a river remembering itself- At its core that is what #thesameearth explores: change. T...

'Truth be told, he always knew he was dying in some way, not so much from the forgetting as the remembering'. Grant is painting a picture...

'They don't like the sound of my voice, but come let us sing, anyway.' - Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os(The Toad Woman) Of all the short story colle...

It's that time of year again, August is #jamaicasliteraryheritage on our blog and our Bookstagram. This month we will be reading all Jama...

"...I am a but a mere mortal, and it is startling how easy it is for mortals to be cruel when they are afraid"- Sartoris 🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚🦚 W...

These stories are short, punchy, raw; wrapped and written richly in the slang that permeates Martins' Brazil, the people and experiences ...

"...He is a piece in a great game, brought here for a purpose..." - Adran 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 A sweeping epic following two brothers and their p...

Talia Hibbert has again given us a sweet, funny, sexy and engaging story, with two main characters who are hilarious! This book was const...

'The Girl with the Hazel Eyes' is a novel that at it's core is a parallel commentary about the coming of age of a young woman, Susan Tayl...

This collection of short stories by Roxane Gay examines the lives of Haitian characters living in Haiti and the U.S. Their struggles to ...

Another short story collection for #readcaribbean. This collection from Breanne McIvor was an enjoyable read, the stories were divided in...

-She had no map of her future, but she knew who she was. She would not be diminished because of it- Viveka. This is a story of finding, a...

..it's not want of tongue that cows don't talk - Granny Ivy. In Edgell's Beka Lamb, we are introduced to Beka, a precocious, mendacious t...

'Antigua is beautiful. Antigua is too beautiful. Sometimes the beauty of it seems unreal. Sometimes the beauty of it seems as if it were ...

-Not everyone should reproduce- Edgar. This is a sentiment that is mentioned at least twice throughout this read, and I have to say, I ag...